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‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Will Focus on Force Powers

Star Wars: Vader Immortal is a three part VR "narrative adventure" and Oculus exclusive. Episode I launched on Quest and Rift earlier this year. Little is known about Episode II, including its release date, but this week the creators shared a...

Quest v46 Update Brings ‘Lord of the Rings’ Home Area, Recent Apps Tab & More

Meta is getting ready to roll out Quest's v46 update ahead of its Connect 2022 developer conference next week, bringing to the platform a modest set of new features alongside a new Home environment inspired by The Lord of...

Quest v43 Update May Include Long-awaited 16:9 Recording Mode

Quest's v43 software update has already rolled out on the Public Test Channel, however now it seems Meta is getting ready to unlock a number of long overdue video capture options, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect...

Apple’s iPhone Will Soon Scan Your Ear to Solve a Big Problem with Spatial Audio

Today during Apple's WWDC 2022 keynote, the company announced that iOS 16 will allow users of modern iPhones to scan the shape of their ear to create more accurate spatial audio. Likely implemented as an HRTF, creating custom HRTFs...

Heavy Metal Rhythm Shooter ‘Metal: Hellsinger VR’ Release Date Announced

Metal: Hellsinger VR, a port of the unique flatscreen rhythm shooter, is getting a VR version, bringing its frenetic action and metal-heavy soundtrack to all major VR headsets. Funcom today announced that Metal: Hellsinger VR will launch on Quest 2, Quest Pro,...

‘Open Brush’ Gets Multiplayer Mode, Bringing Collaborative Art to Free ‘Tilt Brush’ Successor

Open Brush (2021), an open source successor to Google's defunct VR art creation app Tilt Brush (2016), now has a multiplayer mode thanks to a recent update to the free app. Open Brush developer The Icosa Foundation has already released the update across...

Meta’s New Demo Shows Players & Devs What Compelling MR Can Look Like

Meta now has three mixed reality headsets, but still not a ton of mixed reality content to go with it. To remedy that, the company worked with veteran XR studio Magnopus to release an open source Unity demo it...

Windows VR Headsets Seeing Slow But Steady Adoption on Steam

The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn't revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets are making slow,...

Fitness Service ‘Alo Moves’ Launches Immersive Mind-body Classes on Quest

Magnopus, the veteran XR studio behind Mission: ISS (2017), launched Alo Moves XR, a new mixed reality fitness app for Quest that uses volumetric 3D captures to deliver classes from top fitness gurus in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness. Announced earlier this year,...

Rift Sale Eases Buyer’s #1 Concern, But All-in Cost Still Hinders Mainstream Traction

The six week Oculus Rift sale has made tangible waves within the VR community with its 'best-yet' $400 price point. And while the new price is bringing more early adopters into the fold, mainstream adoption is still hindered in...
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Play 1 vs. 4 Against Your Non-VR Friends in ‘Late for Work’, Now in Early Access

Late for Work is a new entry into genre of asymmetric VR multiplayer. In it, one VR player takes control of a King Kong-like giant gorilla, while up to four non-VR friends control tanks and fighter jets that are...

Why I Think AR Glasses Are the Inevitable Future of the Smartphone

I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta's Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently...

‘Payday 2 VR’ Exits Beta, Now Available as Free DLC to Main Game

Payday 2 (2013), Overkill's 4-player bank heist co-op shooter, has offered a VR mode in beta for the past few months, but now it's off the beta branch and pushed out as a free DLC to the main game. Payday...
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‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship

Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR. With many years in the making, Unity developer and 3D environmental artist Kaveh Tabar's Serenity VR fan project is finally here. Starting out in...

‘Electronauts’ Review – Unlock Your Inner Groove

Electronauts sits at an interesting intersection somewhere between game, experience, and tool. Your experience with Electronauts then may vary depending upon what you hope to achieve with it. If you're anything like me—someone who can fall deep into music, but...
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